[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR990.11]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 990_NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A_Introduction
 
Sec. 990.11  Scope.

    The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., 
provides for the designation of federal, state, and, if designated by 
the Governor of the state, local officials to act on behalf of the 
public as trustees for natural resources and for the designation of 
Indian tribe and foreign officials to act as trustees for natural 
resources on behalf

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of, respectively, the tribe or its members and the foreign government. 
This part may be used by these officials in conducting natural resource 
damage assessments when natural resources and/or services are injured as 
a result of an incident involving an actual or substantial threat of a 
discharge of oil. This part is not intended to affect the recoverability 
of natural resource damages when recoveries are sought other than in 
accordance with this part.